John rooney



UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

JOHN ROONEY, OF BROOKLYN, ASSIGNOR TO THE KIGGINS da TOOKER" OOMPANY, OFNEW YORK, N. Y.

SCRAP-BOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 471,276, dated March22, 1892.

Application led December 19, 1891. Serial No. 415,590. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN ROONEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State f New York, haveinvented an Improvement in Scrap- Books,of which the following is aspecification.

Scrap-books have heretofore been made in which groups of sheets areprovided With intermediate guards at the back, which act asfilling-pieces to keep the groups of sheets sufiiciently apart to allowfor the introduction of scraps, pictures, dac., pasted upon the sheets.These intermediate filling-pieces or guards require considerable paperfor making them, and they are difficult to handle, and they prevent theintroduction of scraps to the back of the book itself and lessen thesurfaces of the sheets that are available for the reception of suchscraps, and in addition to this the sewing of the sheets together andthe. sewing of the guards into place involves considerable labor.

The object of my present invention isvto lessen the expense of makingthe scrap-book by entirely dispensing with the guards or lilling-piecesand also dispensing with the sewing, and at the same time the scrap-bookis not weakened, but, on the contrary, the sheets are more rmly securedin place and the entire surfaces of the sheets are unobstructed, and thescraps or similar articles can be pasted upon the sheets so as to coverthe entire surfaces of such sheets.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view, and Fig. 2 an edge vieW, ofthe sheets as prepared for the first operation in making the book. Fig.3 represents on a magnified scale the sheets upon the back as ready toreceive the cover or case,- and Fig. 4 is a perspective view showin g aportion of the book at the back.

My present invention is especially intended for use with single sheetsfolded to form two leaves; but where it is desired to make use of two ormore sheets in a group such sheets are folded in the middle to form theleaves and united into the groups in any desired manner. Thereafter eachgroup becomes the same as one sheet. I take the proper number of foldedsheets or of groups of sheets and lay them together shingling, asrepresented in Figs. 1 and 2-that is to say, the folded-back edge ofeach sheet is at a slight distance from the folded back of the nextsheet, so that the folds of the sheets are exposed, as illustrated inFig. l, about one-twelfth of an inch, more or less--and in this positionpaste or other suitable adhesive material is applied to the exposedportions of the laps or shingling, and then a strip of woven fabric orstrong paper is laid along over the laps of the shingling, as at A, andpressed so as to become firmly attached to the back edges of the sheets,and it is advantageous to apply an elastic pressure to cause the stripof fabric to firmly adhere to the back edges of the sheets until theadhesive material becomes properly set or dry. After this has been donethe exterior surface of the strip A is to be coated with adhesivematerial and a stiffening or back piece B is applied to the same, and,the parts adhering firmly together, the sheets C O can now. be turnedout at right angles to the strip A, as illustrated in Fig. 3, andbyfolding them over in the opposite direction to what they have beforeoccupied the sheets will. stand at equal distances apart and at rightangles to the backing B, and the strips D can now be applied to theily-sheets of the book and the backing B can be rounded more or less,and

`it is to be borne in mind that scrap-books do not require the leaves tobe close together; but, on the contrary, there must be sufficientdistance to allow for the introduction of the scraps that are pasted tothe surfaces of the leaves. vFor this reason I am enabled to obtainsufficient width at the back of each sheet for the adhesive material bywhich it is securely fastened to the backing. I remark that if it isdesired to associate two sheets together, or even three, for each groupof sheets fastened as aforesaid the folded backs of the sheets may besecured together bysewing or by lines of adhesive material before thegroups of sheets are placed together for shingling, as aforesaid. It ispreferable to trim oif the top and bottom edges of the book before thebacking B is applied, and the front edges of the leaves may be trimmedon? before the book is placed into the cover or ease.

By the term scrap-book Iintend to include invoice-books or any otherbooks of the same general character.

I claim as my inventionl. The method herein specilied of makingscrap-books, consisting in folding the sheets, laying the same one uponthe other and lapped or shingled, applying adhesive material to theexposed portions of the sheets, adjacent to the folds thereof, applyinga strip of fabric to the adhesive material, allowing the Same to hardenor dry, applying a stiffening to the strip of fabric, and opening outthe leaves at right angles to the stilfening-back, substantially as setforth.

2. The method herein spccilied of making scrap-books, consisting inlaying folded sheets one upon the other and lapped or shingled, applyingadhesive material to the exposed portions of the sheets, adjacent to thefolds thereof, and applying to such adhesive material a backing,allowing the adhesive material to dry or harden, and opening out theleaves at right angles to the backing, substantially as specified.

3. The scrap-book having leaves foldedat the back with adhesive materialand a backing secured to the leaves by the adhesive material, the lineof such adhesive material being sufficiently wide to firmly secure thesheets to the backing and to separate one leaf from the next to adaptthe book to scraps, substantially as specied.

Signed by me this 16th day of December, 1801.

JOHN ROONEY.

Witnesses:

GEO. T. PINCKNEY, XVILLIAM G. Mo'rr.

